Pet Insurance Guide Podcast
Kids & Family Podcasts
Helping veterinarians and pet owners understand the strategic role pet insurance can play in paying for a pet's healthcare expenses.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Kids & Family Podcasts
Description:
Helping veterinarians and pet owners understand the strategic role pet insurance can play in paying for a pet's healthcare expenses.
Language:
English
Episodes
The Real Reason Eusoh Shutdown Its Pet Healthcare Coverage
10/19/2022
Conversation with Allen Kamrava, the Founder and CEO of Eusoh, about why the company discontinued its innovative community sharing platform sharing pet healthcare expenditures in September, 2022.
Eusoh had been offering this coverage to pet owners since 2018.
Duration:00:34:05
The Key To Keeping Your Pet Insurance Premium Affordable
3/31/2022
Steps pet owners can take to keep their pet insurance affordable in the face of premium increases over the lifetime of their pet.
Duration:00:17:39
Preventive Vet - Saving You Money On Your Pet's Healthcare - Episode 75
12/15/2021
Interview with Anne Tomsic, the CEO of Preventive Vet, about how pet insurance is great to help pet parents pay for unexpected and expensive veterinary bills, it's preferable to prevent problems from occurring in the first place.
Duration:00:19:45
Why Pet Insurance Is Definitely Worth It - Episode 74
12/3/2021
Interview with Preventive Vet CoFounder and CEO, Anne Tomsic about her experience with pet insurance having insured all of her pets for over 20 years.
Duration:00:29:33
How Bay Beach Vets Help Pet Parents Afford The Care Their Pets Need
10/20/2021
Interview with Allison Rye, hospital administrator at Bay Beach Vets. We discuss pet insurance, 3rd party financing, VetBilling, etc. She provides a "how to" instruction manual on how to make all these options work together to provide great customer service to the clients they serve.
Duration:00:37:05
The Positive Impact Of VetBilling And Pet Insurance On Patient Care, Staff Morale And Client Relations At An Emergency/Specialty Hospital
7/21/2021
Discussion with Kathy Cavanagh, client care coordinator at a large veterinary emergency/specialty hospital about the benefits of offering multiple payment options to clients who cannot afford the cost of care their doctors recommend.
Duration:00:51:58
Why You Need A Pet Insurance Policy That Covers Dental Illnesses
6/23/2021
Interview with Dr. Barden Greenfield, a pet dentist about the difference in dental accidents and illnesses, the most common problems he treats in each category and the costs of treatment.
Which category is most important in dogs vs. cats and large dogs vs. small dogs.
Also a discussion about steps pet owners can take to prevent dental problem in their pets.
Duration:00:37:54
Eusoh Adds Televet Service To Help Reduce Cost Of Pet Healthcare For Its Members
6/17/2021
Discussion of Eusoh's partnership with FirstVet, a televet service that decreases unnecessary veterinary visits thereby savings members money they spend on their pet's healthcare.
Duration:00:12:46
Veterinarian Talks About How Trupanion Express Changes Conversation With Clients About Pet Insurance - Episode 69
5/18/2021
Dr. John Faught was a guest on the podcast back in 2015 (Episode 33). At that time he had 2 practices in Austin, Texas. Now the practice has expanded to 5 locations in Austin and 2 practices in Denver, Colorado. When we talked before, he was recommending primarily Trupanion pet insurance to his clients, but hadn't yet gotten on board with Trupanion's software that allows real-time claim pre-approvals and direct payment to the veterinary practice. Now all 7 practices are using the software and he talks about his experience with it and how it has changed the way they talk about pet insurance with clients.
Duration:00:23:58
VetBilling Makes An Unexpected Pet Healthcare Expense Affordable - Episode 68
4/29/2021
It's likely that a majority of pet owners cannot afford to pay several thousand dollars out-of-pocket if their pet suffers an unexpected healthcare event.
One thing that sticks out in my interview with Suzanne Cannon, CoFounder of VetBilling, is that just because a pet owner cannot afford to pay thousands of dollars out-of-pocket all at once doesn't mean they cannot afford the care needed for their pet.
Suzanne's personal story illustrates this. Even though she had a pet insurance policy for her dog, when faced with a $4000 expense, she couldn't pay it, file a claim and wait for reimbursement. This is a significant shortcoming of pet insurance as we have talked about in the past several episodes of the podcast.
Suzanne shares why VetBilling is different from in-house payment plans that veterinarians have likely tried in the past.
She also shares some success stories from primary care veterinarians as well as emergency/specialty practices.
VetBilling also offers wellness care payment plans, pet savings accounts and pre-payment plans.
Veterinarians should consider adding VetBilling as one of their options that clients can use to pay for their pet's healthcare.
Duration:00:54:14
Wellness, Dental, Chronic Disease Payment Plans Make Pet Healthcare Affordable - Veterinary Care Plans (VCP) - Episode 67
4/2/2021
Interview with Bob Richardson, President of Veterinary Care Plans (VCP) about how their payment plans are helping pet owners budget for their pet's healthcare expenses.
Duration:00:48:36
Pet Insurance Tips for Emergency and Specialty Hospitals
3/9/2021
Interview with Dr. Ezra Steinberg, a veterinary surgeon about how pet insurance works in the emergency and specialty hospital setting.
Duration:00:50:38
Pet Health Insurance - The Elephant In The Room - Episode 65
2/24/2021
Kent Kruse and Dr. Doug Kenney discuss the main limiting factor preventing the pet insurance industry from reaching a much higher percentage of pet owners and their pets.
Duration:00:21:26
Should Veterinarians Recommend Specific Pet Insurance Companies To Their Clients - Two Viewpoints - Episode 64
2/17/2021
Discussion with Kent Kruse on whether veterinarians should recommend specific pet insurance companies to their clients or not.
Duration:00:16:33
Pet Insurance 101 For Veterinarians And Veterinary Staffs - Episode 63
2/9/2021
Discussion with Kent Kruse on how veterinarian can recommend and increase utilization of pet insurance in their practices allowing them to practice best medicine and create a practice culture where everyone thrives.
Duration:00:47:09
How To Decrease or Eliminate Pet Insurance Costs By Self-Insuring - Episode 62
1/21/2021
Interview with pet owner who initially insured 5 cats, but built up enough savings to be able to eventually drop the pet insurance.
Duration:00:38:52
Spot Pet Insurance - Interview with Scott Taylor - Episode 61
11/25/2020
Interview with Scott Taylor, President of Spot Pet Insurance Company on what sets them apart from the rest of the industry.
Duration:00:19:48
Odie Pet Insurance - Interview with Miles Thorson - Episode 60
11/17/2020
Interview with CEO Miles Thorson about his company, Odie Pet Insurance
Duration:00:26:50
Pawp - An Alternative To Pet Insurance - Episode 59
10/21/2020
Interview with Marc Atiyeh, Founder of Pawp, an alternative to pet insurance offering 24/7 access to a team of veterinarians to its members for consultations about their pet's health. It also includes a $3000 emergency fund that can be accessed once annually if needed to cover emergency veterinary care.
Duration:00:26:17
Veterinarian Shares Benefits To Recommending Pet Insurance To Clients - Episode 58
10/12/2020
Interview with Dr. Joe Zuckerman about why and how he recommends pet insurance to his clients.
Duration:00:39:01